Aircrew Survival Map

Map

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Henley & Grange RSL

Name/Title

Aircrew Survival Map

Entry/Object ID

2023.118

Description

AAF cloth chart for use of War & Navy Dept. Reproduced under the direction of the Commanding General, Army Air Forces, for the Aeronautical Chart Service by the Army Map Service Washington DC. Copied by Lake Survey Branch A.M.S. Detroit Michigan. June 1944 from sheets East Indies 1:1,000,000 South B-48, A.M.S. 1943, SB 49, SC 49, A.M.S.9306 1944. Side 1 C-48 West Java. Side 2 C-47 South Borneo. Scale 1: 1000,000 Polyconic Projection Height conversion scale metres / feet. Altitude tints 00-100, 100-200 200-500, 500-1000, 1500-2000, 2000-2500, 2500-3000, 3000+ in metres. Conversion scale miles, kilometres, nautical miles. Relief shown by contours, spot heights and gradient tints. Show populated places, transport, administrative boundaries, water and vegetation features, tidal flats and reefs. Legend. Roads 1st, 2nd and trails. Tel. lines, provincial boundary, railway-standard, narrow and 2 track. Towns 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th class. Post Office, Tel. Office, Lighthouse, Radio Station, spot heights, river & (river unsurveyed, marsh, contour & (contour approx). Map C-47 South Borneo Lat. 1-4°20, long 109-117°20. Mag. declination lines 2'E, 2°15E, 2°30E, 2°45E. Annual mag. Change chart 0°2' increase. Map C-48 (reverse side) West Java. Lat.8°40-5º20, long 104º- 112, 1º intervals Mag. Declination Lines 0ºE (1943), 0º30, 1º00E, 1º30, 2º00, 2º15E (1943) Annual Mag. Change 0º02’ increase.

Category

Map, Equipment, War Memorabilia

Map Details

Maker or Creator

Army Map Service

Scale

1:1000,000

Area or Region

Country

Borneo

Region

Southeast Asia

Continent

Asia

Publisher

Aeronautical Chart Service

Place Published

City

Washington , D.C.

Continent

North America

Date Published

6/1944 - 6/1944

Time Period

20th Century

Place Printed

Continent

North America

Date Printed

1944

Publication Language

English

Map Notes

Two-sided map Side 1 - West Java Side 2- South Borneo

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Map Size

Height

380 mm

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

550 mm

Length

1,000 mm

Location

Building

Henley & Grange RSL Sub-branch

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Acquisition

Acquisition Method

Donation

Acquired From

Leon Noble

Web Links and URLs

AAF cloth chart : nos. C-47 and C-48 / reproduced under the direction of the Commanding General, Army Air Forces, for the Aeronautical Chart Service, by the Army Map Service., No. C-47, South Borneo, 1944, No. C-48, West Java, 1944

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